Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Streetfilms: New Yorkers Walk and Ride for Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 5, 2009 | No Comments

Yesterday New Yorkers gathered on city streets to honor those killed while walking or biking in the past year. Organized by the Street Memorial Project, three rides and one march converged at Delancey and the Bowery, where Rasha Shamoon was struck and killed while biking home this August. Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press files this account of […]

In Boulder, They Plow the Bike Paths First

By Ben Fried | Dec 22, 2008 | 46 Comments

Photo of the Williamburg Bridge bike path in February: Blind Robert/Flickr A tipster sends this report from the New York City bike network following the season’s first major snowfall: I rode to the Manhattan Bridge on Saturday evening (around 5 p.m.), and was warned by a cyclist exiting the bridge that it was completely covered […]

Business Has Nothing to Fear From Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2008 | 18 Comments

Florent Morellet. Photo: Kevin Cooley/New York Magazine As City Council Member Alan Gerson attempts to codify opposition to livable streets improvements, Lower Manhattan restaurateur Florent Morellet (a.k.a. the "Unofficial Mayor of the Meatpacking District") has filed a refreshing op-ed in The Villager, touting the commercial benefits of cyclist and pedestrian infrastructure. Our excerpt offers a […]

Alan Gerson Wants Greater “Review” of DOT Bike Safety Plans

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 8, 2008 | 20 Comments

In 2006, Alan Gerson helmeted-up and rallied for a protected bike lane on Houston St. On a day when you’d hope City Council members would be focused on the Bikes in Buildings bill, Manhattan City Councilman Alan Gerson is planning to introduce a new piece of legislation aimed at giving someone — presumably City Council […]

Tuesday: Oppo Expected to Improvements for Chatham Square, Park Row

By Brad Aaron | Dec 1, 2008 | 15 Comments

The "Park Row Promenade" would dedicate close to 50 percent of existing asphalt to peds and cyclists. A proposal to add pedestrian and cyclist space to a redesigned Chatham Square in Lower Manhattan will be the subject of a Tuesday public hearing co-hosted by Community Boards 1, 2 and 3. Since streets in the area […]

SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1,353 Page Enviro Review

By Matthew Roth | Nov 28, 2008 | 20 Comments

Two-and-a-half years after a judge issued an injunction preventing the city from adding any new bicycle infrastructure to its streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the San Francisco Planning Department have released a 1353-page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. At a cost of more than $1 million, the city has attempted to demonstrate in excruciating detail what would seem to be obvious: better bicycle amenities contribute to increased cycling and an improved environment.

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